so they have the largest force in the black sea. to try to solve this problem, you got to give ukraine either a long-range weapon from shore like the naval strike missile which has a 200 mile range, or the ability to do things from the air, which is a big solution. have got to give ukraine the ability to use the air to go after the russian surface fleet in particular. so air crying -- aircraft, the reaper aircraft which provide rain the targeting for their land-based missiles and the others can be used to attack ships. even with smaller missiles, which are sufficient for these smaller ships, so you don't need a sophisticated ability to think of these ships, they just need the rich to do it. bigger problem is the summary fleet. i have been on the submarines. they are starting, reliable and not too sophisticated but they are very quiet and stay for weeks at a time. so unless there is an anti-submarine warfare threat, they will be free to use the submarines as well. they use an q nine -- mq9s to destabilize the region, or there's ones

that the famous russian black sea fleet has been regrouping. and so several ships have for withdrawn to more than 100 kilometers of the ukrainian closed ukrainians. interpret this as a sign that said the russians are losing some control in this part of the black sea . of course, it's interesting to see what this new development means. father ongoing, a c, blockade of grain supplies. as you said, this is one of the most pressing political issues at the moment because it directly contributes to the deteriorating food. so security in many parts of the world. and any more information about those who died and those who surrendered at the as of cell steel plant with that siege went on for weeks. well, president says to lensky says that's more than 2500 fighters from af style fighting have been detained in the don bus region and russian plans. what to do with those fighters seems to change every day. of course, they are highly important for president putin because the fighting a wrong, the famous as of style steel. plenty. maria paul was one of the mo

position to us to more secure this corridor of and move ships through the black sea and on to the open markets. but more importantly, turkeys, diplomatic position. turkey really is the last country that has still very good relations with both russia and the ukraine. and that is seen as key to securing a deal because trust is the seen as the main obstacle for any deal to be agreed and also for it to work. and turkey is position self diplomatically to hammer out a deal that is seen that is acceptable to both sides. and both sides would have to trust in that ukraine would have to d mind it's harvey's. russia would have to hold back. is this likely to happen? while all eyes are, will be on odessa, this is the main port still held by ukraine. and there is the main exports, her hub for a grain to go into the international markets. millions and millions of tons of grain are trapped in odessa and, but it is protected by a network of minds. now to clear those minds is expected to take a long time. ukraine said it could take months and it's warning that only up to $2000000.00 tons of use of grai

it took from ukraine at the start of the war, pending back snake island in the black sea. after months of heavy fighting and the mystery of portugal vanishing sea horses, these waters were once home to the large, the world's largest population of sea horses will look at why the fish have now all but disappeared. ah, i'm only a niece of welcome to the program. the u. s. supreme court has ruled that america's environmental protection agency does not have the authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal fired power plants. the ruling by the courts. conservative majority marks a setback in the biden ministrations, fight against climate change, means the white house will now have to work through a deeply divided congress in its battle to curb emissions another week. another u. s. supreme court ruling with far reaching consequences. this one concerns coal fired power plants and the extent to which the us environmental protection agency can force them to quote, emissions. the court ruled that the environmental protection agency is not authorized to make decisions which s

so $22.00 millions of tons of groups that are currently blocked in the black sea and is while we are totally treated in your mission to lot of efforts in support of antonio to terrorist and united nations are to make sure that the sooner or later and i hope is mr. possible, on agreement to it will be possible to the, to meet possible for ukraine to export through the black sea, the grinch we shall blocked in ukraine at same time, we felt weird in short, possible agreement. we are very active together. we are a member, susan of the to use alternative route through poland through ammonia, and through the 20s, under thomas farah. here in the studio with me when we were watching this life, i noticed you fidgeting on your seat. so i would like to, to turn to you with her, with michelle's answer there on and how you hopes to unlock all those tons of grain that are stuck there in you guys just so much to mention about this particular issue. because you know that ukraine is one of the biggest produces of grain in the world, and there are millions of tons of these grains that are stuck in ukr

so took $22.00 millions of tons of groups that are currently blocked in the, in the black sea. and it's, we're, we are totally committed and you are making to lot of efforts in support of antonio to terrace and united nations or to mature the took sooner or later. and i hope as soon as possible, an agreement. so it will be possible to the, to make possible for ukraine to which sport are through the black sea, the grinch we shall blocked in ukraine. at same time, we felt waiting for a possible agreement. we are very active together. we sir, our number susan, order to use alternative route through poland through ammonia, and through the 20s. all right, so shy michelle talking about food insecurity in the measures that say european countries might be able to take to remedy that and challenge. alexander, what did you make of his remarks? well, i think it was clear that the european union, together with its partners already working to solve the issue and to do everything that it's possible to, to have that beast be successful there at the same time as i understood his remarks, that

the black sea. >> yes, ma'am. for some time before the onset of this crisis, that is for a couple of years before the current crisis, we had been working on strengthening the presence and the role of the us and nato and the black sea area. this has been something we are working on for some time. in the naval forces europe for example has been working with the bulgarians on maritime domain awareness system. my command, the u.s. army in europe, has been working on long-range fires with the romanian army and establishment of command and control nodes that are able to handle very high end new equipment that romania has been buying from us, patriot missiles and high mark rocket launchers so we have been looking at things like that in the past and we will continue to do those in the future if i am confirmed. >> do you think we have an adequate strategy within nato and the us for the black sea region? >> i think inside the us we have strategy, all strategies have to be assessed, reviewed and updated all the time. clearly

up until june, about 60000 refugees were staying in these hotels along the bulgarian black sea. but just before the summer season bulgaria, we use the compensation to hotel operators from 20 yours per refugee per day to 8. the director of these hotel complexes. that's not nearly enough to cover their costs. they also support muscle flooring business. it's clear, this is our business tourism. so there was no way they could stay on during the summer season. is wrong. due to lack of seasonal workers, he decided to keep some ukraine and refugee saw carina and marina put a panko are among those who can stay before the war. they managed a flower business in hockey. now they are getting trained how to set a lunch table. they fled with their children. there has been seen ukraine could be drafted at any time they say as a chest. now it's hard for us to process everything because we are full of sorrow for our country. national fennel will guerria is in dire need of tourists rush and tourists were one of the biggest groups of foreign visitors where they are staying away due to sanctions. i

the rocky outpost in the black sea has significant hydrocarbon resources. it fits on a busy shipping lane to ukraine's largest seaport, desa and other black sea port, which allowed russia to control the access. the island is just 45 kilometers, remain yet a nato member. and if russia had deployed its long range, s $400.00 missile system, it would have been in a position to control the asset base of the entire western black sea region. semi puri was a sci fi monitor in east ukraine, and is now a senior fellow at the international institute for strategic studies. he says the russian retreat from snake island is an embarrassment for moscow. ultimately, the indefensible position for the russians to hold may be at the start of the invasion, the russians thought they might have reached as far as a desa by now in land in ukraine. but of course nowhere near there as far as casts on. so the snake island territory is not something that they can defend. it's really embarrassing for russia it's, i have to give this up and i think the russian defense ministry statement

it would score the ships through the black sea. now snake island is in the black sea. it's badly populated, but it's strategically important. and what has happened in recent hours is that ukraine said it's retaken snake island. we now hear from russia know we relinquish state island and we moved our forces away and we did it as a gesture, goodwill. as part of this deal, important part of this jigsaw. so how close are we to that deal actually being signed? i believe they'll be in the the plan is for signing ceremony in a stumble while i asked the turkish president, get a same put in whether it be mr. newton or mr. zalinski, i believe this weekend or the beginning of the next week. we will continue our telephone diplomacy. there is already a roadmap that's emerging and after having talked to them as soon as possible, we will render this corridor operational. we have about 20 ships, docked in the region, and with the ships we're going to transport the ukrainian grain out of the ports. so pretty tight timeline if this all goes to plan. and of course, in the end, the key pe

some of them to bulgaria, the black sea around 60000 refugees have been accommodated in hotels, but that has no causing disputes. over time to get moving again. everyone here fled from ukraine. months ago, now they are being relocated from bulgaria, se, coast to state facilities across the country. how long they will stay is unclear. muslims didn't like it isn't very hard was 2 children. there is no where i can just leave them there on the move with me up until june, about 60000 refugees were staying in these hotels along the bulgarian black sea. but just before the summer season will gary a reuse the compensation to hotel operators from 20 yours per refugee per day to 8 . the director of these hotel complexes that's not nearly enough to cover their costs. they also took well national glowing business. it's clear, this is our business tourism, so there was no way they could stay on during the summer season. is little due to lack of seasonal workers. he decided to keep some ukraine in refugee, san carina, and marina put a panko are among those who can stay before the war. they manage to f

the black sea across ukraine. i mentioned what admiral, former commander general of nato said, that this is going to be the next front in the war. obviously this would greatly expand the war. what do you think? >> full disclosure, i worked for him when he was the supreme allied commander of nato. i agree that we are likely to see more war fair in the black sea, unless the international community gets more heavily involved, erin, and you've just given us two instances where we need the imagination, need the international community to come in with a coalition of the willing to force the russians to allow nuclear inspectors into ukraine and to unblock the sea ports in ukraine because we need to get the grain out to the world community, as you covered elsewhere, you know, there is a shortage now of grain because of the war that russia is waging on ukraine. both of these things require international efforts to make sure that, you know, that the war doesn't continue to cause the impact that it has had globally and frank

mm hm with ah, ah, this week and world stories on the black sea vacationers displays ukraine, refugees on the ball sucker knowns from the vatican. we be in a new crane there, hundreds of volunteer fighters from bella roost are helping to fend off fresh attacks. many of them said their homeland and 2022 escape dictator lucas shank. now they are putting the lives in the line in the ukraine. there are no bullets to day, but soon these men will be fighting for the future against the russian army in the south, and they are serving in the ukrainian army. but they're all from bellows. susan, living with the legs he joined up 8 years ago after them. i don protests when the conflict in the east start ukraine is the last 3 countries of the former soviet union in ukraine had lost its freedom during the my don protest. if they had been repressed and there'll be no future for the whole region and of course will not be crane. and not for that reason. the little there are now several $100.00. she fighters in ukraine enough to form a regiment, and you fled their homes in 2020. when fellows dictator, a

but on top of that, turkey has the 2nd largest navy in the black sea. and there will be crucial in a role of escorting ship sir through the black sea and into the international markets. but turkey's key role is diplomatic. it is probably now the only country that has good relations with both you, through crane and russia and building trust between these 2 sides is seen as pivotal to any successful deal and it's, it working out going forward. and in fact, the turkish defense municipally occur who is involved in this. so a process of developing a, a grain corridor admitted that there was major progress, but so truth still is to be achieved. yeah, the trust factor is huge. emily ukraine would have to d, mine are those harbors. russia would have to not only pull back, but hold back and not fire. absolutely, and one question here is the guarantee of our, these ships for the, for the safety of the ship, leaving ports essentially. and letting me put in has said that he guarantees that russia will not attack odessa. for example, if there is a safe corridor for

sea coast. also coming up a close vote expected en francais, parliamentary election president emanuel michael urges voters to back his centrist movement party faces a strong challenge from a left wing alliance. we follow one of its candidates on the campaign trail and more extreme weather flooding and ne, india, and bangladesh. heavy monsoon raids have devastated the region, leaving dozens of people dead and millions homeless blue i'm all on soccer, a welcome to the program. ukrainian president, holiday mi zalinski has paid a revis. it's to troops on the southern front line, as well as defending a russian onslaught. and the don boss, the credit army, is successfully fighting off attempts by russia to seize the entire black sea coast, including the city of odessa, a rare excursion at sight of key for vladimir zalinski to meek, alive in southern ukraine, where the ukrainian leader, normally running operations from the capital, keith could witness at 1st hand the devastation wrought by russian arti

or 22 tons to 22 millions of tons of drift that are currently blocked in the, in the black sea. and is why we are totally committed and you are making to lot of efforts in support of continued terrorist and united nations in to make sure that the sooner or later. and i hope as soon as possible on the agreement, it will be possible to the to meet possible for ukraine to export to the black sea, the grange. we shall blushed in ukraine at same time, we felt well enjoy possible agreement. we are very active together. we saw other men persisting other to use as tentative route through poland through ammonia and through other twenties. so that of course was chas. michelle, he's president of the european council speaking in a press conference at the g 7 summit. we can speak now once again to to get d, w chief political editor, mckayla cooper, who is at the summit venue in el an l. now its called and thomas farrell, our political correspondent in the studio with me. michelle aetna, what do you make of the remarks of char michelin? well, he was treading rather carefully. this is the head

government officials and military experts talk about russia's maritime strength in the black sea. and potential u.s. military assistance to aid ukraine's ships.

did the black sea. after months of heavy fighting. and the son of a dictator takes office in the philippines. ferdinand marco's junior, is sworn in as president, after winning a landslide election victory at his inauguration today. he preached his disgraced father for getting things done. ah, i'm bring. gov is good to have you with us. we begin tonight with changes at nato and the changing security threat. today. nato ended summit with a tougher line on russia and with a promise to increase true presence here in europe. the meeting in spain also ended with 2 countries, finland and sweden officially invited to become nato members. pomp and pageantry in madrid. the does of the 30 nato member states have tightened ranks against russia. and the attack on one is attack at all, and we will defend every edge of nato territory. every edge of nato territory, for our part, united states is doing exactly what i said we do it prudent, invaded it. hence, our forest posture of your nature agreed on a new strategy, ending any pretence of partnership

meanwhile, ukraine claims to have driven russian troops off a key island in the black sea. russia says it has withdrawn as a goodwill gesture. we'll be live with our correspondents in kyiv and moscow. also this lunchtime. fears of a growing shortage of family doctors. a quarter of gp posts in england could be vacant by 2030. an investigation is under way into the charity set up in honour of the fundraiser and army veteran captain sir tom moore. buckingham palace won't publish the results of an inquiry into the handling of allegations that the duchess of sussex bullied members of staff. we are nearly there around the stumps. wow, look at this. amazing! and the ancient trees that have been growing since the middle ages. campaigners say we should do more to protect them. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a big day for katie boulter awaits. she's one of six british in action at wimbledon and she is first on centre court shortly. good afternoon. the uk is giving ukraine an extra billion pounds in military aid — almost doubling british support for the fight against russia.

first of all, a bit of far back grounds on this islands in the black sea off the coast of la, just so all ukrainian troops. they surrendered it back in february, in the early stages of russia's especial military operation back then. keel authorities claimed that russia at sacked and they killed a marines that were stationed to own that islands. and they instantly proclaimed all of them as heroes. however, it'll later turns out that those elite marines are actually surrendered to russia and we're all alive and so well in captivity in crimea. now since then, ukraine fright tried to at tags. mean the island is several times in a, b, r stands of fashion. however, that was that without any success in it, it actually costs ukraine, the lives of scores, of it's a special forces troops and also loss of expensive equipments as well. now russia is a showing this gesture of a good will by actually leaving the island on this means that ukraine can no longer claim that so russia somehow restricting any type of freight fleet, or anybody else carrying a grain or any other types of goods from leaving

did hands back snake island in the black sea. after months of heavy fighting with ah, i'm clear, richardson welcome to the shops. nato leaders have ended a 3 days summit with a pledge to continue supporting ukraine. the last day of the madrid meeting also focused on the global food crisis. nato leaders blamed russia for rising food and energy prices, and reiterated their mutual defense commitments. war german chancellor, olaf sholtes, said nato is more important than ever for global security. he stressed the alliance is defensive and dismissed. the russian president vladimir putin suggestion that it could threaten other countries. does this elisha visit scene is literally this is honestly pretty ridiculous difference, even in fact middle is a defensive alliance and then it does not attack other countries and has no intention of doing so on diagnose it is not a threat to anyone within its own neighborhood. if in fact, it is protein who has made imperialism, the goal of his policies on the object of his products must have some gigs

they've refused to the mine at this area in the black sea. and that is what is causing this problem . he put the blame on the ukrainians, which is very much they, russian narrative. and, and what is interesting is that the united nations has yet again try to take a central role in trying to resolve at one of the crises that has come from this war. in the past, they were the ones involved in getting those fighters and civilians out of the as i've saw plans in mary o pal, it was with the visit of the un secretary general and turned with harris to moscow that they were able to come to an agreement to get those people out which resolved to an ongoing stand off in that city for a few weeks. this is possibly another example of how the united nations could help . but according to the mitre pest called the spokesperson for the kremlin, he said that the russian navy would have to check these ships that would be leaving . they have to make sure that the russian military is involved in the process of checking these ships that are supposedly to be carryi

. >> what are those other options with the black sea port block? how viable are other water routes like using the danube river, for example? >> yes, but danube river will not be able to deliver this amount of grain. danube river, three of them we have now, they can export kind of 1 million tons of grain per month. it's the highest, the highest capability of these ports. also, we can deliver kind of 1 million by trucks, i mean roads. maybe kind of 2 million by railways to poland and other countries which have common border. in total, we can have just 4 million. but again, we need at least 20 million, next three months. then seven, eight monthly. >> each of those land means of transporting grain has a challenge, right? with the train tracks, i understand that they're wider in ukraine than they are in europe so the trains can't just go straight from ukraine to the other countries. then by road, i spoke to a ukrainian mp about this. she told me about the challenges there because of the extent of the damage to ukrainian travel infrastructure, which as y

since turkey controls the boss 1st, it controls the approach to the black sea and air to one has been blocking the accession of sweden and finland to nato for weeks above all, to press for concessions from its members, especially the u. s. on the one hand, he is allegedly concerned with certain american arms deliveries. but also with the possibility that the u. s. government might approve further military intervention in northern syria to force kurdish militias out of the border area. how successful are edwin's attempts at blackmail them? and let me put that question right on to and daniel and daniel, what is heir to one up to here? does he genuinely see his country as a global player, a global mediator? or is this driven by his own personal survival strategy. but both of course, look, turkey has a lot or edwin has a lot to wind from the situation. it provides a sort of a golden opportunity for him to stabilize his power base. but on the other hand, turkey as a country has a lot to lose turkey's much closer to the, to the situation. geopolitically in the black sea than most of the eur

sea and those taken _ nato in the black sea and those taken in — nato in the black sea and those taken in the baltic sea. i doubt to say that— taken in the baltic sea. i doubt to say that now, with the summit in madrid, — say that now, with the summit in madrid, it's— say that now, with the summit in madrid, it's the first real sign where — madrid, it's the first real sign where we _ madrid, it's the first real sign where we see that the imbalance is corrected~ — where we see that the imbalance is corrected. the commitment, especially from the usa, with having a brigade _ especially from the usa, with having a brigade in romania, it's a strong si-n a brigade in romania, it's a strong sign and _ a brigade in romania, it's a strong sign and i— a brigade in romania, it's a strong sign and i also need to show the fact that — sign and i also need to show the fact that for the latest two years, we've _ fact that for the latest two years, we've seen — fact that for the latest two years, we've seen huge involvement from the united _ we've seen huge involvement from the united k

where does russia's effort to stop ukraine from accessing the black sea stand right now? >> reporter: the black sea in and of itself has become a flash point, a place where conflict has spread. much of the ukrainian navy was destroyed during the crimea conflict. even though they are outmanned, outgunned, they have been able to inflict damage. ukrainian officials say they sunk a russian tugboat, that all-important supply in april when a major naval war ship was sunk. you heard that in zelenskyy's message, we must secure our waters, be able to take control of the black sea. >> great point. thank you. >>> so the 2022 midterm elections are months away but in washington there is already speculation about the next presidential election. president biden faces sinking poll numbers as some people in his own party are calling for another democrat to run for the white house. biden does intend to run again. let's discuss with cnn political analyst, julian. appreciate you getting up bright and early for us. you wrote an op-ed that democrats should not write off a second biden term yet

the global market, ultimately up to the mediterranean, as well as the atlantic from the black sea. there was a lot of talk about that because ukraine has mines the waters near that which has impaired the supply of goods that usually come from the black sea, specifically grain. there was a lot of talk about how to restore grain supplies of the global markets. russia's foreign minister, sir g, a lab, rob said that ukrainian grain actually makes up only about one percent of the global supply. so what we're really talking about here is making sure that russian grain can, can maintain its presence on the international market because that makes up a much larger share. elaborate, reiterated that the biggest problem here is the ukranian mining of those waters that impairs regular flow of ships through that area. even though turkey has remained dedicated to keeping the boss for a straight open. so those are basically the main take away from the press conference. and as we heard there, one of the main, one of the key issues to discussed by russian and turkish foreign ministers was ensuring t

around a 100 vessels are believed to be stuck in the black sea, with a cruise unable to leave. and it looks like that they could be there for months as the un maritime agency stresses. even if the porch wanted to reopen tomorrow, it would take some time until ships could enter or depart completely removing c mines and the port areas would take several months. the main issue affecting the export of ukrainian grain is said to be the many mines that block the countries ports, but russia stresses that it was not responsible for the explosives. moreover, it is offered a planned mind, those waterways underlying the ukrainian ships, all carrying grain are free to travel through the black sea. but he has his apparently said no claiming that if the port city of a deserter is d mind, it will undermine its security presence. lensky blames russia for stopping the export of ukraine's grain and wheat. for cab itself doesn't hide its attempts to limit it. we cannot exports away wheat, corn, vegetable oil leave. they, and other products that have all played a satellite role in the global marke

yeah, i comes as moscow has withdrawn its troops from snake island, a strategic point in the black sea that was immediately taken by russian forces when the conflicts wrapped it in late february. and moscow stays, the move is an active good will to support you and efforts to facilitate ukrainian grain exports to the global markets. that it's not the russian armed forces completed their assigned tasks on snake island and withdrew their garrison from there on june 30th. there's a gesture of goodwill. thereby, we are showing to the global community that russia is not hindering un efforts to organize a humanitarian corridor to transport agricultural goods from ukrainian territory. to this decision will not allow the key of to speculate about an impending food crisis by saying it's impossible to transport grain due to russia's total control of the northwestern part of the black sea. thank island is located within the vicinity of k shipping lanes, including from the major port of augusta k, a claim that rushes control of that section of the black sea was an obstacle to ukrainian grain export

around $100.00 vessels, i believe, to be stuck in the black sea, with their crews unable to leave. and it looks like they could be there for months, as the un maritime agency has warned. even if the ports wanted to reopen tomorrow, it would take some time until ships could enter or depart completely removing c mines and the port areas would take several months. the main issue affecting the export of ukrainian grain is the many mines that block the countries pools. russia dresses, if that it was not responsible for the explosives. moreover, it has often a plan to be mine, those waterways, underlining but ukrainian ships carrying grain are free to travel through the black sea but can save no claiming if the city of a desa is the mind. it will undermine its security president, the landscape planes, russia for stopping the exports of ukraine's great ukraine's grain and weight. while care of itself doesn't height is attempts to limit it. we cannot export all wheat corn, vegetable oil and data products that have play to stabilize and role in the global market. this unfortunately means th

the former supreme allied commander of nato will update us on the black sea and what's going on. steve stefano is taking risks and he's totally politically

and russia says it has withdrawn its forces from ukraine's snake island in the black sea. moscow calls it a good will gesture that shows it is not walking ukrainian grain exports. snake island became a symbol of resistance at the start of the war when ukrainian soldiers rejected a russian warships demand to surrender. and i earlier asked you to leave nick connelly in keep what the russian withdrawal from snake island is going to mean for ukraine's grain exports. unfortunately, i think it means pretty little right now. you still have the major issue of the minds, russian and ukrainian c mines in those waters near odessa. i think it's very unlikely that any foreign trading ships, any grain transporting ships that are privately owned, me, willing to go to those ports if situation stays, as it is still lots of russian military ships in that part of the black sea. lots of the fighting going on. so i think for now it doesn't really make much difference what it does make a difference to is russia's ambitions to capture more of ukraine's lexi coastline, a desa region, the mac alive region for